Two different metamaterial-liquid crystal structures are fabricated with the metamaterials as liquid crystal (LC) and semiconductor nanorods doped LC alignment layers. E-beam lithography was used to pattern the electron-sensitive polymer one-dimensional photonic crystal (PC) structures. The nanostructured aligning surfaces have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The PCs-Dispersed Liquid Crystalline Metamaterials have been investigated through polarized optical microscopy. The threshold voltage and response times for the undoped and doped nematic LCs in the glass cells are measured as a function of the applied external electric field.